>> 1) Why is lynx completely useless with TERM=xterm (full-on blank
>> white). Will recompiling it fix this? (I doubt it, since I'm pretty
>> sure I built it *after* installing 1.5 and its new termcaps on this
>> laptop).
>
> This I don't understand.  Can you send me the lynx screen output please
> (something like `lynx > lynx.out`, then type 'q' and 'y')?  I might be
> able to work out what's happening here.

Me, too, although with us it's a case of the background turning a
bright chartreuse (-bg "black" -fg "green").

We have two systems running 1.5 -- a i386 at 1.5 (1.5_ALPHA2 NetBSD
1.5_ALPHA2 (GENERIC) #2: Mon Aug 21 19:17:53 MEST 2000) -- apparently
loaded down binary -- and, a macppc at 1.5.1 (1.5.1_ALPHA
(EASTERN-1.5.1_ALPHA.backside) #0: Thu Jan  4 17:38:54 EST 2001). The
relevant xterms are dated:

i386 at 1.5_ALPHA2:	Aug 21 10:39
macppc at 1.5.1_ALPHA:	Dec 21 01:22

It looks like both were compiled under 1.5.

My lynxes:

i386:	Aug 13 21:05, maybe with 1.5, maybe not.
macppc:	Sep 13  1999, well before 1.5.

I think both (i386 maybe compiled earlier) used to run fine in an
xterm window, although I'm not totally sure.

Some other program does this as well, I can't recall which.

Funny, though, when I read your messages, I took a flyer and tried:

lynx -book -nocolor

_That__worked_.

Apparently the problem's bound up in color emulations?

Julian, this may help:

This is a (nasty bad) base64 output from the i386 using
lynx -book >lynx.out:

GzcbWz80N2gbWzE7MjRyG1s0bBsoQhspMBtbbRtbMzBtG1s0N20bWzE7MjRyG1tIG1syShtb
MjI7MUgbW20bWzFtG1szM20bWzQ0bVVuYWJsZSB0byBvcGVuIGJvb2ttYXJrIGZpbGUsIHVz
ZSAnYScgdG8gc2F2ZSBhIGxpbmsgZmlyc3QNR2V0dGluZyBodHRwOi8vbHlueC5icm93c2Vy
Lm9yZy8bW20bWzMwbRtbNDdtG1tLDRtbbRtbMW0bWzMzbRtbNDRtTG9va2luZyB1cCBseW54
LmJyb3dzZXIub3JnLhtbbRtbMzBtG1s0N20bW0sNG1ttG1sxbRtbMzNtG1s0NG1seW54LmJy
b3dzZXIub3JnG1ttG1szMG0bWzQ3bRtbSw0KChtbbRtbbQ0bW0sbWzJKG1s/NDdsGzgKCkV4
aXRpbmcgdmlhIGludGVycnVwdDogMgoK

This is a similar, but swell, base64 output from the v162 (netbsd
1.4.1) using lynx -book >lynx.out:

GzcbWz80N2gbWzE7MjRyG1s0bBsoQhspMBtbbRtbMTsyNHIbW0gbWzJKG1syNDsxSBtbN21V
bmFibGUgdG8gb3BlbiBib29rbWFyayBmaWxlLCB1c2UgJ2EnIHRvIHNhdmUgYSBsaW5rIGZp
cnN0DUdldHRpbmcgZmlsZTovL2xvY2FsaG9zdC8vaG9tZS9yc2UvbWxyL2x5bnhfYm9va21h
cmtzLmh0bWwNQ2FuJ3QgQWNjZXNzIGBmaWxlOi8vbG9jYWxob3N0Ly9ob21lL3JzZS9tbHIv
bHlueF9ib29rbWFya3MuaHRtbCcNQWxlcnQhOiBVbmFibGUgdG8gYWNjZXNzIGRvY3VtZW50
LhtbbRtbSw0bW0sbW20NG1tLG1syShtbPzQ3bBs4Cmx5bng6IENhbid0IGFjY2VzcyBzdGFy
dGZpbGUgZmlsZTovL2xvY2FsaG9zdC9+L2x5bnhfYm9va21hcmtzLmh0bWwK

-Mike